Day: July 4, 2019

Launching of Space Station

open view news desk The activities associated with Space station being an extension of Gaganyaan Programme, will be taken up after the demonstration of Human space flight. This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public […]

Dr. Harsh Vardhan chairs high level review meeting on prevention and control of vector borne diseases in Delhi

Stresses on importance of awareness drives, community participation and cooperation of all stakeholders open view news desk Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare held a high level meeting to review the preparednessfor prevention and control of vector borne diseases (malaria,dengue, and chikungunya) in Delhi, […]

Earth Observation Satellite RISAT-2B

open view news desk RISAT-2B is an indigenously developed Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging Satellite operating in the X-band.  The highly agile satellite is capable of operating in different modes including Very High Resolution RADAR imaging modes of 1m x 0.5m resolution and 0.5m x 0.3m resolution.  In […]

PM greets people on the occasion of Rath Yatra

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has greeted the people on the occasion of the Rath Yatra. “Best wishes to everyone on the special occasion of the Rath Yatra. We pray to Lord Jagannath and seek his blessings for the good health, happiness and […]

PM greets people on Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year. “Greetings on the auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year. May the coming year bring joy and prosperity. May everyone’s aspirations […]

MOD Decides to Give Special Family Pension/Liberalised Family Pension to NOKs of Pensioner on Death Attributable to Military Service

open view news desk Prior to 17.01.2013, the Next of Kins (NOKs) of Armed Force Pensioner who got re-employed in civil department after getting retired from military service were authorised to draw Ordinary Family Pension (OFP) either from military side or from civil side whichever was beneficial to […]

Sensex, Nifty start on a positive note ahead of Economic Survey

Mumbai, Jul 4: Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty started on a positive note Thursday as investors awaited cues from the Economic Survey. The 30-share index was trading 68.35 points, or 0.17 per cent, higher at 39,907.60 at 0930 hours. Similarly, the broader Nifty was quoting 28.25 […]

Economic Survey pegs economic growth at 7 pc for FY20

New Delhi, Jul 4: The government Thursday pegged the growth rate for the current fiscal at 7 per cent, marginally up from the five-year low of 6.8 per cent recorded in the previous fiscal. According to the Economic Survey for 2018-19, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the […]

Kerala Assembly condemns mob lynching incidents

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4: The Kerala Assembly Thursday condemned the mob lynching incidents in the country and described it as “inhuman and barbaric” which needs to be stopped immediately. “The assembly unanimously condemns the mob lynching incidents, which are inhuman and barbaric and needs to be stopped immediately,” Chief Minister […]

Church crisis: Senior bishops to meet on Friday

Kochi, Jul 4: Senior Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church will assemble here Friday against the backdrop of protests by a section of priests in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese against the reinstatement of Cardinal George Alencherry as major archbishop. The permanent Synod of the Church consists five bishops including the […]

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